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Yes, We Can Care About People Who Don’t Exist Yet

How to jumpstart our empathy for future generations.

October 24, 2024

Why We Ghost

The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.

October 23, 2024

Life Will Find a Way

A new exhibition highlights the persistence of organisms from lichens to polar bears to us.

October 23, 2024

Whale Sharks on Collision Course

As oceans warm, marine creatures are moving into shipping lanes.

October 22, 2024

How to Rebuild Trust in Science

Earning trust is hard; winning it back is even harder. Here’s how to do it.

October 21, 2024

When Do We Have Free Choice?

Two psychologists explain how we think about freedom.

October 21, 2024

The Demolition Ants

The wood ant stalks its prey in colonies of thousands.

October 21, 2024

Solving the Riddle of Ceres

New evidence suggests the dwarf planet was a muddy ocean world that froze over time.

Lucy at 50

Donald Johanson reflects on his fossil discovery that shook the human family tree a half century ago.

October 18, 2024

I Was Made of Language

The true container of the human soul.

October 17, 2024

The Mystery of the Cave Cats 

Ice age skeletons could reveal secrets of small cat evolution.

October 17, 2024

Death By Plastic

The blunt impact of ocean pollution, in one photograph.

October 16, 2024